This charity makes grants to UK registered charities, for work in the UK and overseas. Projects in the UK should fall into the following categories:

• Medical research and care
• Social welfare
• Homelessness
• Hospices
• Mental health/counselling
• Drug and alcohol therapeutic support
• Offender support
• Community regeneration
• Vulnerable families, women and children

Projects overseas should take place in ‘low or middle income countries’ and fall into the following categories:

• Education
• Basic skills and tools
• Health
• Sanitation, irrigation, hygiene, access to clean water
• Women’s education, economics, reproduction
• Help for marginalised communities

To be eligible to apply, charities should have an income of under £5 million. Grants average around £9,000, and generally range from under £3,000 to over £40,000.

Applications should be made on the charity’s application form, available to download from their website. The next deadline for applications is 30th November – successful applications will receive their grant in February/March next year.